Bill Text: NY A08227 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to party committee meeting and organization requirements including meeting times and the election of a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and any other officers needed pursuant to applicable rules.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-25 - SIGNED CHAP.42 [A08227 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08227-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8227--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to party committee meeting and organization requirements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2-112 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. Every [state committee shall within fifteen days after its4election, every county committee shall within twenty days after its5election, and all other committees shall within the time specified by6party rules, meet and organize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a7treasurer and such other officers as they may by their rules provide.8Within three days after their meetings all state and county committees9shall file in the office of the state board of elections a certificate10stating the names and post office addresses of such officers. County11committees and any other committee contained therein shall file a copy12of such statement with their county board of elections] committee shall 13 meet and organize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and 14 such other officers as they may pursuant to their rules. 15 (a) Every state committee shall meet no earlier than September seven- 16 teenth and no later than October first following the June primary. Until 17 such organization meeting, the existing state committee shall exercise 18 all legal authority. Upon the conclusion of such organization meeting, 19 the new state committee shall assume all legal authority vested in the 20 previously organized state committee. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13265-04-9A. 8227--B 2 1 (b) Every county committee shall meet no earlier than September seven- 2 teenth and no later than October sixth following the June primary. Until 3 such organization meeting, the existing county committee shall exercise 4 all legal authority. Upon the conclusion of such organization meeting, 5 the new county committee shall assume all legal authority vested in the 6 previously organized county committee. 7 (c) All other committees shall meet within the time specified by party 8 rules. 9 (d) Within three days after their organization meeting all state and 10 county committees shall file in the office of the state board of 11 elections a certificate stating the names and post office addresses of 12 such officers. County committees and any other committee contained ther- 13 ein shall file a copy of such statement with their county board of 14 elections. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 16 any state committee meeting, pursuant to section 2-112 of the election 17 law as amended by section one of this act meeting in the year 2019, may 18 meet within fifteen days of the primary election.